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Andrei Kopylov (Wrestling)

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Andrei Kopylov is a Russian sambist, professional wrestler and Mixed Martial Arts fighter. He started his career as a regular sportsman, but he switched to the martial art of sambo, and he proved to be a rising star when he tapped out his own coach after only some months of training. Soon he was competing at national scale, winning medals and championships at two weight categories, but his plans to challenge for the world title were derailed by the political situation of USSR. For that reason, Kopylov left sambo behind and embraced professional wrestling, joining Akira Maeda in his promotion Fighting Network RINGS. He would become an instant fan favourite for his ridiculously anodine looks and no less ridiculously brilliant grappling, and RINGS's transition to MMA only served to propel him even higher with an outstanding performance at the first King of Kings Tournament. However, the age and scars soon took their price, and Kopylov wandered through RINGS brands until joining Volk Han to form the famous Russian Top Team, mentoring dudes like Fedor Emelianenko and Sergei Kharitonov.
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Instant Expert
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Instant Expert: As mentioned, Kopylov tapped his own master, who was a sambo champion himself (and future father-in-law), after mere months of training. He was 17 at the time.
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David Versus Goliath
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David Versus Goliath: He was much heavier than Ricardo Arona in their match, but it can be said that Kopylov was the David here considering his weight was mostly fat while Arona was younger, made of pure roided muscle and even stronger than the already powerful Russian. It was exemplified every time Arona shot for a double leg takedown and Andrei was thrown around like a ragdoll.
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The Rival
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The Rival: With Lithunian sambist Richardas Rocevi�ius during his sambo years, they traded wins in the 1986 and 1987 USSR Championships.
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Heterosexual Life-Partners
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Heterosexual Life-Partners: With Volk Han. He made his debut against Han, was his main training partner in RINGS Russia and Russian Top Team and even made an instructional video together titled "Command Sambo."
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Wrong Genre Savvy
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Wrong Genre Savvy: Unfamiliar with striking on the ground due to the RINGS ruleset, Kopylov tried to turtle up against Sperry in PRIDE, thinking he would go for submissions. It was an error, as Sperry didn't want the words "Kopylov" and "submissions" in the same sentence and instead opted to kick him in the face.
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Unknown Rival
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Unknown Rival: He views fellow Russian Igor Borishov from Seikendo as this in their sambo days. Despite having officially one win each against each other in competition, according to Kopylov, Igor couldn't do anything to him both times and only won one of the matches on a technicality.
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Captain Ersatz
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Captain Ersatz: The character Antoine Kovirov from High School Exciting Story: Tough was a barely disguised copy of Kopylov.
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The Dreaded
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The Dreaded: After watching Kopylov in action, even the reigning Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioners of the time realized that trying to engage him on the ground was playing Russian roulette at its finest. Minotauro Nogueira ditched groundwork after a round struggling with Andrei on the mat, preferring instead trying luck on the stand-up despite not knowing if he could best him there, and Nogueira's trainer and multiple world champion Mario Sperry panicked out during his match with Kopylov when he felt him grabbing his leg.
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Hidden Depths
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Hidden Depths: Likes the films of Akira Kurosawa as he thinks they have a kind of meaning and basic philosophy of life.
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Glass Cannon
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Glass Cannon: Stamina example, as opposed to defense. Kopylov was actually as difficult to submit as good submitting people, and he didn't lack toughness either, but he lacked the cardio to follow up with his offense through the matches. Apparently, the reason for his lack of conditioning was that he started a security company to protect dignitaries and was required to fly all around Russia, so he couldn't train properly.
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Husky Russkie
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Husky Russkie: Subverted again, as his looks were rather atypical for your classic hulking Russian, but he had the skills to go along.
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Embarrassing Nickname
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Embarrassing Nickname: Due to his brilliant technique but poor stamina, Japanese crowds called him "3-Funkan Sekai Saikyo Kopy-oji-san" (something in the line of "Uncle Kopy, who is the strongest in the world for three minutes only"). Kopylov preferred to fight without gloves in order to grapple better, which forced him to use palm strikes, but he wasn't very technical with those, especially when tired, so the commentators nicknamed his style "Kopylov Yoiken" ("Kopylov's Drunken Boxing") as a joke. After his shocking victory over Castello Branco, Brazilian people gave him the hilarious nickname of "Vovo Sapateiro" ("Grandpa Shoemaker") due to his aged looks and footlock expertise. Note that Kopylov was only 34 at the time, it's just that his bald, moustache and bad shape made him look much older.
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Lethal Joke Character
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Lethal Joke Character: Who would have thought that a fighter who looked, moved and punched like an octogenarian could submit BJJ champions in under a minute?
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Acrofatic
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Acrofatic: Downplayed, but still there. Kopylov was stout and didn't look very agile, but he was fast over his feet and able to dive for flying leglocks with surprising ease.
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Worthy Opponent
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Worthy Opponent: Apparently, this was the Brazilians' opinion of him due to his grappling feats.
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Cool Versus Awesome
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Cool Versus Awesome: His matches against Volk Han, and why not, his fights against Minotauro Nogueira and Sperry.
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Badass Teacher
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Badass Teacher: To names like Fedor Emelianenko, his brother Alexander, Sergei Kharitonov and others as a trainer in the Russian Top Team. He also trained the RINGS Japan guys in sambo.
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Good Old Fisticuffs
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Good Old Fisticuffs: Aside from his sambo, Kopylov had relatively good hands.
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Big Eater
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Big Eater: He once gained eight kilograms in weight after spending 21 days in Japan eating mostly sashimi and drinking beer.
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Stout Strength
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Stout Strength: He had the RINGS Russia trademark thick waist and was freakishly strong as well. He was a lot slimmer when he first debuted in RINGS however.
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For Want of a Nail
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For Want Of A Nail: Both local and foreign powers during the King of Kings tournament are certain Leonardo Castelo Branco was one of the best fighters in the card and would have likely reached the finals. However, he ran into Kopylov. His own fight with Minotauro Nogueira was really close, with them evenly matched on the ground and despite being allowed only palm strikes to the face due to forgoing gloves, matched and sometimes even got the better of Nogueira in the stand up, and that was after the first round where he used up all his stamina. In fact only one of the judges, Jon Bluming, gave the win to Nogueira, with the others giving it was a draw. Had he reacted a second before, he would have a kneebar victory over Mario Sperry in his record.
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The Alcoholic
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The Alcoholic: Not too surprising since he is Russian after all, but one notable instance is when he participated in the first Rings Holland event in 1995 and got so drunk at the after-party that Willie Peters had to stop him from drinking more.
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The Apprentice
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The Apprentice: To Alexander Fedorov.
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Death or Glory Attack
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Death or Glory Attack: Andrei's submissions were elite level and could hook almost everybody if he nailed them quickly, but his stamina was downright abysmal, so if he failed at ending the match in under three minutes, he was screwed.
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Nerves of Steel
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Nerves of Steel: Having Ricardo Arona hooked to their back would have scared everybody, but Kopylov was almost more concerned over catching his breath than having to defend those annoying choke attempts.
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Purple Is Powerful
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Purple Is Powerful: Wore purple tights in the later part of his time in RINGS and in his MMA fights. He wore black tights and kneeboots in his earlier appearances in RINGS though.
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Eye Scream
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Eye Scream: Suffered an eye injury in his match with Ricardo Arona.
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One-Hit Kill
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One-Hit Kill: His specialty. He submitted Leonardo Castello Branco in 16 seconds (becoming the first Western fighter in submitting a BJJ black belt) and later Ricardo Fyeet in half of the time.
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I Know Karate
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I Know Sambo: As said, a multiple sambo champion. He also had somewhat of a background in boxing.
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Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass
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Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: With his receding hairline, flabby belly and sleazy mustache, he looked virtually everything but a fighter, and certainly did not have a fighter's athleticism, but Kopylov wasn't a sambo champion for nothing and had one of the sharpest grappling attacks on the circuit.
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Red Baron
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Red Baron: "Shinigami Sambist", "Russia no Higuma" ("The Russian Brown Bear"), and Uraru no Benkei ("Benkei of the Urals").
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Oh, Crap!
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Oh, Crap!: Tended to elicit this reaction on his opponents when they realized how good he was on the ground. Averted with Castelo Branco, who didn't realize until it was too late.
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I Can Still Fight!
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I Can Still Fight!: Had the unfortunate tendency to lose matches by premature stoppages or petty cuts despite being still functional.
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Wrestler in All of Us
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Wrestler in All of Us: He once tried a dropkick on Chris Dolman and once cleanly connected with a running enzuigiri of all things on Pavel Orlov and even got him in a single leg Boston Crab. He also once tried an abisegiri or rolling heel kick on Mitsuya Nagai.
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Confusion Fu
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Confusion Fu: An unintentional example. Opponents were wary of him even although Kopylov appeared in the verge of fainting, knowing that a limb grabbed and a burst of energy was everything Kopylov needed to screw them.
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Weight Loss Horror
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Weight Loss Horror: During his sambo years in 1989 till 1991, he had to cut 13 to 14 kg of his natural weight 5 times each year to compete in the under 100kg division. This exhausted him greatly and he once fainted during a match, so he started competing in the over 100kg division after that.
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Curb-Stomp Cushion
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Curb-Stomp Cushion: Even after he spent all his energy in the first round against Nogueira and was dominated at the second, Kopylov still recovered enough gas to hit a tawara gaeshi as a last showing of defiance.
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Surpassed the Teacher
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Surpassed the Teacher: His sambo master was his girlfriend's father who got him interested in sambo, and Kopylov once actually beat him fair and clean while he was his student. Now, considering said coach was actually the famous Alexander Fedorov, it was quite a feat.
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Drunken Boxing
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Kopylov preferred to fight without gloves in order to grapple better, which forced him to use palm strikes, but he wasn't very technical with those, especially when tired, so the commentators nicknamed his style "Kopylov Yoiken" ("Kopylov's Drunken Boxing") as a joke.
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Charles Atlas Superpower
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Charles Atlas Superpower: Was said to be enormously strong, which was especially surprising given that he didn't look very muscular, and it gained him his bear nickname.
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Escape Artist
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Escape Artist: Got threatened with several rear naked chokes and armbars in his match with Ricardo Arona, and escaped unscathed from all of them, if quite shaken.
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Mother Russia Makes You Strong
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Mother Russia Makes You Strong: Subverted - he was very strong, but got tired easily.
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Affectionate Nickname
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Affectionate Nickname: "Kopylov-Sensei" by the RINGS Japan guys.
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Theatrics of Pain
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Theatrics of Pain: Notable among the RINGS guys. He would grunt in pain loudly and display that he was clearly in pain when he was in a submission and would breath very heavily due to his poor stamina in every match he was in. His grunts became quieter in his later career in RINGS, but he still displayed that submissions hurt him and his stamina only got worse.
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Hero Killer
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Hero Killer: At the time, Leonardo Castello Branco was a rising star in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, having won the world championships and even traded victories with the mighty Ricardo Liborio. Then he was pitted against Andrei Kopylov, and the results are history.
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Authority Equals Asskicking
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Authority Equals Asskicking: A main trainer in Russian Top Team and a foe to fear.
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Technician Versus Performer
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Technician Versus Performer: Is the performer compared to Volk Han’s mixture of the two and Nikolai Zouev as the pure technician. This is due to his simpler, yet explosive style of sambo, his tendency to use pro wrestling-like attacks and his over-selling.
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Stone Wall
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Stone Wall: Once Kopylov switched to defense move after spending all his energy, neither Minotauro Nogueira nor Ricardo Arona could snatch a submission from him.
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Attack! Attack! Attack!
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Attack! Attack! Attack!: His fighting style involved overwhelming his opponent with submission attempts in order to end the bout as soon as possible. He once had Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira of all people stuck in the defending role for one round.
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Stronger with Age
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Stronger with Age: Started MMA at 34 (not particularly old, but still quite old compared to the average debutant) and shocked everybody.
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